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diff --git a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi index c3242f7b5a3..442145bbf9f 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi +++ b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi @@ -109,25 +109,31 @@ the GNU Fortran 95 compiler. You can find in this manual how to invoke @ifset DEVELOPMENT @emph{Warning:} This document, and the compiler it describes, are still -under development. While efforts are made too keep it up-to-date it might +under development. While efforts are made to keep it up-to-date, it might not accurately reflect the status of the most recent @command{gfortran}. @end ifset +@comment +@comment When you add a new menu item, please keep the right hand +@comment aligned to the same column. Do not use tabs. This provides +@comment better formatting. +@comment @menu -* Copying:: GNU General Public License says - how you can copy and share GNU Fortran. +* Copying:: GNU General Public License says + how you can copy and share GNU Fortran. * GNU Free Documentation License:: - How you can copy and share this manual. -* Funding:: How to help assure continued work for free software. -* Getting Started:: What you should know about @command{gfortran}. -* GFORTRAN and GCC:: You can compile Fortran, C, or other programs. -* GFORTRAN and G77:: Why we choose to start from scratch. + How you can copy and share this manual. +* Funding:: How to help assure continued work for free software. +* Getting Started:: What you should know about @command{gfortran}. +* GFORTRAN and GCC:: You can compile Fortran, C, or other programs. +* GFORTRAN and G77:: Why we chose to start from scratch. * Invoking GFORTRAN:: Command options supported by @command{gfortran}. -* Project Status:: Status of @command{gfortran}, Roadmap, proposed extensions. -* Contributing:: Helping you can help. -* Standards:: Standards supported by @command{gfortran} -* Extensions:: Language extensions implemented by @command{gfortran} -* Index:: Index of this documentation. +* Project Status:: Status of @command{gfortran}, roadmap, proposed extensions. +* Contributing:: How you can help. +* Standards:: Standards supported by @command{gfortran} +* Extensions:: Language extensions implemented by @command{gfortran} +* Intrinsic Procedures:: Intrinsic procedures supported by @command{gfortran} +* Index:: Index of this documentation. @end menu @@ -168,9 +174,18 @@ designed initially as a free replacement for, or alternative to, the unix @command{f95} command; @command{gfortran} is command you'll use to invoke the compiler. -Gfortran is still in an early state of development. -@command{gfortran} can generate code for most constructs and expressions, -but much work remains to be done. +@emph{Gfortran is not yet a fully conformant Fortran 95 compiler}. +It can generate code for most constructs and expressions, +but work remains to be done. In particular, there are known +deficiencies with ENTRY, NAMELIST, and sophisticated use of +MODULES, POINTERS and DERIVED TYPES. For those whose Fortran +codes conform to either the Fortran 77 standard or the +GNU Fortran 77 language, we recommend to use @command{g77} +from GCC 3.4. We recommend that distributors continue to provide +packages of g77-3.4 until we announce that @command{gfortran} +fully replaces @command{g77}. +The gfortran developers welcome any feedback on user experience +with @command{gfortran} at @email{fortran@@gcc.gnu.org}. When @command{gfortran} is finished, it will do everything you expect from any decent compiler: @@ -369,7 +384,6 @@ because it was expected to be easier to maintain code we develop ourselves than to do a major overhaul of @command{g77} first, and then build a Fortran 95 compiler out of it. - @include invoke.texi @c --------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -670,6 +684,7 @@ Examples of standard conforming code equivalent to the above example, are: DATA i,j,x /1,2,3*0.,1./ @end smallexample +@include intrinsic.texi @c --------------------------------------------------------------------- @c Contributing @c --------------------------------------------------------------------- |